If your phone is rooted and Superuser is installed, installing Titanium Backup is a breeze. You can compare the free and premium features here. The premium version adds in some additional features power users may find useful like versioned backup, backup encryption, unlimited backup scheduling, and such. We’ll be using the free version for this tutorial it’s a more than adequate program loaded with great features. It comes in two flavors: free and premium ($6.56). Avoid simply searching Google for a rooting guide as many guides are outdated and will lead to big headaches-XDA’s forum posts and guides are frequently updated and it’s easy to make sure you’re looking at a current version.įinally, a word on Titanium Backup.
In the process you’ll learn more about your phone than you ever thought possible. Search for your specific phone/carrier for detailed guides on how to root your device. One of the best resources around is the XDA Development forums. If your phone isn’t rooted already there are some excellent resources available to help you root. Phone-by-phone rooting instructions are beyond the scope of this tutorial but don’t worry. If Titanium Backup did not have root access it would not be able to access systems files to backup system data and it would not be able to access restricted applications in order to copy the application itself and (sometimes) the data for backup. Titanium Backup requires root access to Android in order to effectively backup every aspect of the system.
Why a rooted phone? Rooting an Android phone simply means modifying your phone so that applications can have root (administrator) access to the Android operating system.
What You’ll Needįor this tutorial you’ll only need two things In this tutorial we’ll show you how to backup all data with the powerful and popular Android backup app Titanium Backup. If you want fine control over your backup process and the ability to backup every application and its associated data, system settings, and more, you’re going to need to rely on a third-party solution. While that’s great and certainly eleventy-billion times better than dealing with transferring contacts from phone to phone in the age of “dumb phones” it’s not a perfect or complete solution. Newer versions of Android (2.2+) even have some extra backup features like the ability to backup your wallpaper and some applications (if the developer allows it). Why Bother With a Third Party Backup Application?Īndroid phones already come with some handy backup features anyone who has purchased a new Android phone and plugged in the Google Account login they were using on their previous Android phone has surely been impressed with the ease in which their old contacts appeared.
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